EiffelStudio 18.07 Releases - Revision history

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* Improvements */ Added a bug number for the change in ARRAY.subarray.

2018-09-04T07:06:17Z

‎Improvements: Added a bug number for the change in ARRAY.subarray.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* 18.07.10.1981 */ Added a release date.

2018-07-27T10:16:10Z

‎18.07.10.1981: Added a release date.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* EiffelStudio 18.07.x Releases */ Specified a release build.

2018-07-25T07:07:42Z

‎EiffelStudio 18.07.x Releases: Specified a release build.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* User changes */ Added a note about detecting VWMA(1).

2018-07-12T13:51:21Z

‎User changes: Added a note about detecting VWMA(1).

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* User changes */ Cosmetics.

2018-07-12T13:37:16Z

‎User changes: Cosmetics.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* Bug fixes */ Cosmetics.

2018-07-12T13:31:48Z

‎Bug fixes: Cosmetics.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* EiffelStudio 18.07.x Releases */ Removed an unnecessary empty line.

2018-07-12T13:21:11Z

‎EiffelStudio 18.07.x Releases: Removed an unnecessary empty line.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* Improvements */ Cosmetics.

2018-07-12T13:20:02Z

‎Improvements: Cosmetics.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* New features */ Cosmetics.

2018-07-12T13:11:30Z

‎New features: Cosmetics.

Alexander Kogtenkov: /* New features */ Added a note about adding a rule CA093.

2018-07-12T13:10:16Z

‎New features: Added a note about adding a rule CA093.

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 *library: Added <e>EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT.available_cpu_count</e>.
 *library (process): Marked features of <e>BASE_PROCESS_FACTORY</e>, <e>PROCESS_FACTORY</e>, and <e>PROCESS_INFO</e> as class ones to make them usable for non-object calls.
-*library (base): Relaxed a precondition of <e>{ARRAY}.subarray</e> to allow for calling it on empty arrays.
+*library (base): bug#15079 - Relaxed a precondition of <e>{ARRAY}.subarray</e> to allow for calling it on empty arrays.
 *library (encoding): Used a default console code page on Windows if the current one cannot be retrieved that may happen for GUI applications.
 *library (web): Allowed for using a web socket without any persistent connection.

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 Beta download: https://ftp.eiffel.com/pub/beta/18.07/
-==18.07.10.1981==
+==18.07.10.1981 (July 24th 2018)==
 ===New features===

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 Beta download: https://ftp.eiffel.com/pub/beta/18.07/
-==18.07.x.y==
+==18.07.10.1981==
 ===New features===

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 ===User changes===
-*IDE: Changed behavior to the completion window to complete with a single click (rather than with a double click).
+*auto-completion: Changed behavior to the completion window to complete with a single click (rather than with a double click).
-*IDE: Enabled a tool-tip in the completion window when the mouse pointer is over the entry.
+*auto-completion: Enabled a tool-tip in the completion window when the mouse pointer is over the entry.
-*IDE: Changed auto-completion by showing the completion window all the time (even if there is just a single entry).
+*auto-completion: Changed auto-completion by showing the completion window all the time (even if there is just a single entry).
 ===Developer changes===
 *eweasel: Ignored end-of-line differences when comparing output files.
 *compiler: Updated configuration file (ECF) schema version.

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 ===User changes===
-*EiffelStudio: In the completion window, complete code with a single click action, and show tooltip when mouse is over the entry.
+*IDE: Changed behavior to the completion window to complete with a single click (rather than with a double click).
-*EiffelStudio: Show auto completion window, even if there is a unique entry.
+*IDE: Enabled a tool-tip in the completion window when the mouse pointer is over the entry.
 ===Developer changes===
 *eweasel: Ignored end-of-line differences when comparing output files.
 *compiler: Updated configuration file (ECF) schema version.

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 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis027 — Avoided reporting expressions involving computation (e.g. function calls) by ''CA071'' (comparison to itself).
 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis028 — Avoided false positives for ''CA046'' (inequality used in if-then-else-end) when <e>elseif</e> parts are present.
-*EiffelStudio: Disabled editing read-only library settings.
+*IDE: Disabled editing read-only library settings.
 *{{Red|compiler: bug#17297, test#valid255 — Supported detection of ''VHPR(5)'' violations for arbitrary ancestors, not just for immediate parents. '''Breaking change''' for classes that inherit different generic derivations of the same class.}}
-*compiler: test#valid255 — Fixed a recompilation issue when first compilation fails and parents of the classes are changed.
+*compiler: test#valid255 — Fixed a recompilation issue when the first compilation fails and parents of classes are changed before the next compilation.
 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis029 — Avoided false positives for ''CA017'' (an empty conditional) when there are non-empty <e>elseif</e> or <e>else</e> parts.
 *compiler: Specified source code class when reporting <code>VUCR</code> to show source code correctly.
-*library: bug#19436 (test#utf003) — Fixed several issues in the implementation of <e>UTF_CONVERTER.is_valid_utf_16</e> (premature end of validation, infinite looping on certain inputs, access on index outside valid bounds).
+*library (base): bug#19436 (test#utf003) — Fixed several issues in the implementation of <e>UTF_CONVERTER.is_valid_utf_16</e> (premature end of validation, infinite looping on certain inputs, access on index outside valid bounds).
-*library: Fixed a bug in the implementation of <e>{WEL_API}.cwin_read_file</e> and <e>{WEL_API}.cwin_write_file</e> that may cause GC in multi-threaded environment to hang on Windows because <code>ReadFile</code> and <code>WriteFile</code> were not marked as blocking.
+*library (wel): Fixed a bug in the implementation of <e>{WEL_API}.cwin_read_file</e> and <e>{WEL_API}.cwin_write_file</e> that may cause GC in multi-threaded environment to hang on Windows because <code>ReadFile</code> and <code>WriteFile</code> were not marked as blocking.
-*EiffelStudio: Made sure message counters in the error panel are updated when messages are removed by a user.
+*IDE: Made sure message counters in the error panel are updated when messages are removed by a user.
-*library: test#thread024 - Fixed a bug in the implementation of <e>PROCEDURE</e> and <e>FUNCTION</e> classes that might cause memory corruption, access on void target or access on an invalid address when using agents in a system with any concurrency option turned on.
+*library (base): test#thread024 - Fixed a bug in the implementation of <e>PROCEDURE</e> and <e>FUNCTION</e> classes that might cause memory corruption, access on void target or access on an invalid address when using agents in a system with any concurrency option turned on.
-*EiffelStudio: Fixed Pick and Drop from `Precursor` tokens.
+*IDE: Fixed pick&drop for <e>Precursor</e>.
-*EiffelStudio: Fixed EIS with pdf named destinations
+*IDE: Fixed a bug in EIS (Eiffel information system) that with failed to position PDF documents to specified named destinations.
-*library (EiffelWeb): Fixed HTTP_HEADER.put_raw_header (..) by ignoring any empty line of the argument value.
+*library (web): Fixed a bug in the implementation of <e>{HTTP_HEADER}.put_raw_header</e> by ignoring an empty line of the argument value.
 ===User changes===

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 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis027 — Supported object (tilde) equality when checking for ''CA071'' (comparison to itself).
 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis028 — Supported conditional expressions when checking for ''CA046'' (inequality used in if-then-else-end) in addition to conditional instructions.
-*EiffelStudio: Supported localized output from precompilation process (in case EiffelStudio is started in the environment with a non-English locale).
+*IDE: Supported localized output from precompilation process (in case EiffelStudio is started in the environment with a non-English locale).
 *compiler: Reported source code context for class-level errors when this information is available.
 *compiler: Taken a condition into account when processing a precompile to allow for using different precompiles with different settings and for making such uses optional.
-*compiler: Change grammar to support bracket expressions as bracket targets. Support <e>foo [x][y][z]</e> as a synonym for <e>((foo [x]) [y]) [z]</e>
+*compiler: Changed grammar to support bracket expressions as bracket targets. Supported <e>foo [x][y][z]</e> as a synonym for <e>((foo [x]) [y]) [z]</e>.
 *code analyzer: test#codeanalysis029 — Extended the rule ''CA017'' (an empty conditional) to check for an empty compound after <e>elseif</e> or <e>else</e> parts.
 *{{Green|compiler: test#free015, test#free016, test#free017, test#free018, test#free019, test#free020, test#free021, test#free022, test#free023, test#free024 — Relaxed rules for class features. Redeclaration into or joining with a class feature is valid as soon as combined assertions satisfy the class feature conditions. A non-static external and constant feature automatically gets a class postcondition if its contracts do not involve constructs that can access Current object (<e>Current</e>, an unqualified call, an inline or unqualified agent, <e>Precursor</e>, an address expression with <e>Current</e> or an unqualified feature).}}
-*EiffelStudio: Indicated whether a feature is a class one with special icons in various tools.
+*IDE: Indicated whether a feature is a class one with special icons in various tools.
-*library (base): Marked many features of Base library as class ones to make them usable for non-object calls.
+*library (base): Marked many features of the library ''"base"'' as class ones to make them usable for non-object calls.
-*EiffelStudio: Improved auto completion for "|." and ".." cases.
+*IDE: Improved auto completion for "|." and ".." cases.
 *library: Added <e>EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT.available_cpu_count</e>.
 *library (process): Marked features of <e>BASE_PROCESS_FACTORY</e>, <e>PROCESS_FACTORY</e>, and <e>PROCESS_INFO</e> as class ones to make them usable for non-object calls.
 *library (base): Relaxed a precondition of <e>{ARRAY}.subarray</e> to allow for calling it on empty arrays.
 *library (encoding): Used a default console code page on Windows if the current one cannot be retrieved that may happen for GUI applications.
-*library (EiffelWeb): the web socket can now also be used without any persistent connection.
+*library (web): Allowed for using a web socket without any persistent connection.
-*library (EiffelWeb): it is now possible to redefine the default http response when an exception occurs.
+*library (web): Supported redefinition of the default HTTP response when an exception occurs.
-*library (EiffelWeb): added examples/docker to demonstrate the use of apache2+libfcgi inside a docker container.
+*library (web): Added an example ''"docker"'' to demonstrate the use of apache2+libfcgi inside a docker container.
 ===Feature removed===

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 *IDE: Supported <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code> key presses in the address bar (class and feature field in the tool bar) to see next or previous suggestions, and <code>Ctrl+Space</code> to open the completion dialog.
 *library: Added a feature <e>{ARRAY}.force_and_fill</e> that works like <e>{ARRAY}.force</e>, but fills previously unoccupied positions with the specified value rather than with a default one.
-*code analyzer: Added a rule <code>CA093</code> to detect reattachments of a manifest array to a target with a different array type.
+*code analyzer: Added a rule ''CA093'' to detect reattachments of a manifest array to a target with a different array type.
 ===Improvements===

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 ===New features===
-*compiler: Supported extension of project targets from a different project (ECF).
+*compiler: Supported extension of project targets from a different project (ECF: Eiffel configuration file). Before this change, only targets defined within the same project could be extended. Now targets from other projects could be extended as well to improve reusability. The ECF schema has been updated by adding a new attribute for the other project location: <code lang="xml"><target name="foo" extends="bar" extends_location="another.ecf">...</target></code>.
-*EiffelStudio: Added auto-import (and auto-export) for the execution parameters using the file <code lang="text">$target_name.$system_name.dbg.profiles.xml</code> located in same folder as the .ecf file.
+*debugger: Added auto-import (and auto-export) for the execution parameters using the file <code lang="text">$target_name.$system_name.dbg.profiles.xml</code> located in the same folder as the project file (ECF).
-*compiler: Allowed target to extend a target from another .ecf <code lang="xml"><target name="foo" extends="bar" extends_location="another.ecf"> ... </code>.
+*compiler: Supported project settings conditions with custom value comparisons using 4 matching algorithms: a case-sensitive equality, a case-insensitive equality, a regular expression, a wildcard pattern.
-*compiler: Added support to ecf condition with custom value comparisons based on case-sensitive, case-insensitive, regular expression and wildcard.
 *debugger: Included information about current caret position in the string display debugger viewer.
 *debugger: Added a JSON debugger viewer (similar to the XML viewer).
-*EiffelStudio: Supported <code>ArrowUp</code> and <code>ArrowDown</code> in the address bar (class and feature field in the tool bar) to see next or previous suggestions, and <code>Ctrl+Space</code> to open the completion dialog.
+*IDE: Supported <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code> key presses in the address bar (class and feature field in the tool bar) to see next or previous suggestions, and <code>Ctrl+Space</code> to open the completion dialog.
 *library: Added a feature <e>{ARRAY}.force_and_fill</e> that works like <e>{ARRAY}.force</e>, but fills previously unoccupied positions with the specified value rather than with a default one.
 ===Improvements===